[A retrospective study of a patient population with benign thyroid pathology undergoing a partial thyroidectomy intervention]

Recenti Prog Med. 1993 Dec;84(12):820-7.
[Article in Italian]

Abstract

1,196 consecutive cases were analyzed. The results show that familiarity is a major risk factor on goitre insurgence; minor risk factor is pregnancy. The most frequent thyroid disease in pregnancy is the lymphocytic chronic thyroiditis; if the women have familiarity for thyroid disease the probability to display a thyroid disease in pregnancy is most augmented. Thyroid scintigraphy shows its elevated sensitivity: only in someone thyroid adenomas a difference occurs between scintigraphic imaging and surgical-anatomical presentation. Antimicrosomal antibodies relief presents highest utility in autoimmune thyropathies.

MeSH terms

  • Antibodies / blood
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Italy / epidemiology
  • Male
  • Microsomes / immunology
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy Complications / diagnosis
  • Pregnancy Complications / epidemiology
  • Pregnancy Complications / surgery
  • Prevalence
  • Radionuclide Imaging
  • Thyroid Diseases / diagnosis
  • Thyroid Diseases / epidemiology*
  • Thyroid Diseases / surgery
  • Thyroid Gland / diagnostic imaging
  • Thyroid Gland / immunology
  • Thyroidectomy / statistics & numerical data*

Substances

  • Antibodies